Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

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Total pretax income, classified by source of income, was as follows

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Years ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	138,102	$	140,511	$	135,927
Outside the U.S.	19,955		17,700		14,707
Total pretax income	$	158,057	$	158,211	$	150,634

The provision for income taxes, classified by the timing and location of payment, was as follows

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

	Years ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	in thousands
Current tax expense
Federal	$	40,642		$	48,494		$	41,833
State	2,629			3,609			3,436
Foreign	1,712			1,892			1,571
Deferred tax (benefit) expense
Federal	2,151			(3,264		)	5,452
State	544			310			85
Foreign	(17		)	(271		)	7
Income taxes	$	47,661		$	50,770		$	52,384

Net deferred tax assets consisted of

Schedule Of Income Tax Balance Sheet Presentation

	December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Property, equipment and intangible assets	$	(9,875	)	$	(8,193	)
Accrued compensation	20,553			19,107
Accrued expenses	5,302			11,424
Foreign operations	66			313
Capital loss carryovers	1,047			951
Deferred tax asset on unrecognized tax positions	2,138			954
Other	650			308
Net deferred tax assets	$	19,881		$	24,864

Balance sheet presentation

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Current deferred tax assets (liability)	$	(2,784	)	$	429
Non-current net deferred tax assets	22,665			24,435
Net deferred tax assets	$	19,881		$	24,864

The statutory United States federal income tax rate reconciles to the effective income tax rates as follows

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

vor. The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits